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The University of Connecticut is consistently ranked the Number 1 Public University in New England. The University's first Physical Review article was published in 1899, and the first physics course was taught in 1918. The Department of Physics granted its first Ph.D. in 1954. One (so far) of the Department's Graduate Students, David M. Lee, went to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics.

The Department of Physics offers a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses, as well as a vibrant research program with 29 full-time faculty.

Professor Takaaki Kajita of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research at the University of Tokyo and 2015 Nobel Prize recipient will be speaking on Oscillating Neutrinos

"Neutrinos have been assumed to have no mass. It was predicted that, if they have masses, they could change their type while they propagate. This phenomena is called neutrino oscillations. Neutrino oscillations was discovered by deep underground neutrino experiments. I will describe the discovery of neutrino oscillations and the implications of the small neutrino masses. The status and the future neutrino oscillation studies will also be described."